ICOSAXDRIA POLYCJYXIA. Rosa. 141 



235. * * On the Leys about a mile E. by N. from Upper 

 Heyford. JBx. See Appendix. 



Hedges, woods, thickets. 

 Shrub. Jul;i/. 



Discrim. R. canina from R. tomentosa, and R. rubiginosa by its 

 smooth, shining Is. R. arvensis, has the fruit globular, its fl., 

 more in cymes, pet., white, yellow tinged at the base. Stems 

 and fruit mahogany hue. F"/. -stalks of R. canina peculiarly 

 polished. Fruit very rarely slightly hispid, bright scarlet. 

 Remarkable var. in Marstou Lane, near Oxford, with doubly 

 compound Is. Mr. Sabine. 



R. canina very ornamental, with its graceful branches, and Is., 

 elegant buds, and coral fruit. fScent of the fl., delicate. From 

 the fruit, ripened by frost, the grateful conserve of Hips, a vehicle 

 for powders, &c. Petals of this, or other roses dried, a substitute 

 for tea, in infusion. The moss -like excrescences in rose trees, 

 habitations of the Cynips Rosse. Infusion of the full-blown paler 

 rose-petals, aperient. Those of the red-roses, before expansion, 

 astringent. 



**** Branches without bristles. Prickles hooked, compressed. 

 Styles combined. 



(R systyla. Close-styled Dog R. Fruit egg-shaped- 

 oblong, smooth. Flower-stalks glandular. Calyx 

 winged, deciduous. Prickles hooked. Leaflets simply 

 saw-toothed. Floral receptacle conical. Styles com- 

 bined, smooth. R. collina. E. B. 1895. 



Hedges, thickets. At Donnington Castle, Berks. Mr. Bicheno. 



Shrub. June, July. 



Prickles dilated at the base. Fl. pinkish, fragi-ant.) — 



R. arvensis. White Trailing Dog R. Fruit globose or 

 elliptical, smooth. Flower-stalks glandular. Calyx 

 winged, deciduous. Prickles hooked, scattered. Leaf- 

 lets simply saw-toothed. Floral receptacle slightly 

 convex. Styles combined, smooth. E. B. 188. 



Hedges, thickets, borders of fields. 



Shrub. June. 



Stems round, glaucous, often mahogany coloured, of which colour 

 commonly the germens, and fl. -stalks. Ls. leaflets mostly five, 

 oval, pointed, smooth. Fl. -stalks three, or five, cluster terminal, 

 stalks not all exactly from one point. Bract, few, spear-shaped, 

 on each stalk one fl., white, elegant. Frtdt dark-blood-coloured, 

 well flavoured, with simple base of the styles lengthened out. 

 A pretty species in fl, 



ments, and pinnas lengthened out, fruit efi;g-shaped, smooth. See H. Vai-. of 

 R. rubiu:in. fJndl Ros. 



